“Back 2 Ballin’” Is the Greatest Blerd Music Video You Never Saw

Disclaimer: Of course, we at BNP aren’t dismissive of misogyny and in the importance of thoughtful representation, and so it’s worth calling out that Wale and French can do better in this area. As a nerd homage though… that’s where we want to give focus and praise. This is one of the best Black nerd classics to ever slip under your radar. Omar Holmon: I’m here to talk about one thing, and one thing only: how Wale and French Montana’s video for “Back 2 Ballin’,” in collaboration with Skullcandy, is the greatest nerd homage to ever grace music videos. I did not stutter. That isn’t a typo. I’m not in these cyber streets trolling. I said, “Back 2 Ballin'” is the greatest the peak — it’s downright murder on pixilated excellence.

Jordan Calhoun: I don’t even fuck with French. Do you hear me? Not tryna hate — no, let me keep it one hundred, I’m hatin’, I think French is trash. I sat through 10 seconds of a French Montana song on accident once and looked at my laptop like it betrayed me. Name one person who can ruin a song like French Montana. You can’t. Dude ruined a Pusha track. Do you know how hard that is to do? Yet and still, all of that speaks to my testimony of this music video, because Lord forgive me, I fucks with this heavy. Wale and French are like that couple you never quite understood and hoped they’d never produce children but then they parented an inexplicably wonderful child and you just had to stop trying to make sense of it. That’s this music video. Their perfe…